SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS CHENOWETH-HAGE 10 41 42 43 50 70 77 78 79 80 81 82 90 91 92 93 CLAYTON 39 40 46 COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN MEAT LABELING ACT 1 COWAN 67 GUTKNECHT 48 49 50 HALL 52 74 75 76 79 80 HAMMONDS 82 89 HAYES 62 81 JOHNSON 23 KEITH WILLIAMS 4 LANCE KOTSCHWAR 4 LILYGREN 87 90 92 MCDONNELL 64 PETERSON 9 38 39 40 41 51 52 75 76 77 POMBO 8 10 16 17 21 23 33 37 38 41 44 46 48 50 51 52 55 58 59 61 62 64 67 70 72 74 77 78 82 84 87 88 89 9 90 93 POMEROY 10 21 44 R 4 RICE 71 75 RIGOLIZZO 55 75 SARASIN 84 89 91 SIMS 58 59 STENHOLM 17 STEPHEN HATERIUS 4 THE HONORABLE DAN GLICKMAN 140 THUNE 18 46 47 48 WILCOX 34 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 46 47 48 49 50 51 WILLIAM E. O'CONNER, J 4 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD W. POMBO, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 8 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PAGE 9 STATEMENT OF HON. HELEN CHENOWETH-HAGE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF IDAHO PAGE 10 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES W. STENHOLM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS PAGE 17 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN R. THUNE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA PAGE 17 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. EARL POMEROY, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA PAGE 21 STATEMENT OF HON. TIM JOHNSON, A SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA PAGE 23 STATEMENT OF CAREN A. WILCOX, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY, FOOD SAFETY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 34 STATEMENT OF GEORGE A. HALL, PRESIDENT NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION PAGE 52 STATEMENT OF JOHN RIGOLIZZO, PRESIDENT, NEW JERSEY FARM BUREAU PAGE 55 STATEMENT OF WES SIMS, PRESIDENT, TEXAS FARMERS UNION PAGE 58 STATEMENT OF JOHN V. HAYS, PRESIDENT, OREGON CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION, ROUSE BROTHERS RANCH PAGE 61 STATEMENT OF LEO R. MCDONNELL, JR., CATTLE RANCHER AND PRESIDENT, RANCHERS-CATTLEMEN ACTION LEGAL FUND PAGE 64 STATEMENT OF CAREN COWAN, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, NEW MEXICO CATTLE GROWERS' ASSOCIATION PAGE 67 STATEMENT OF LONETA RICE PAGE 71 STATEMENT OF TIM HAMMONDS, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE PAGE 82 STATEMENT OF LESLIE G. SARASIN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AMERICAN FROZEN FOOD INSTITUTE PAGE 84 STATEMENT OF SARA LILYGREN, SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT, LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE PAGE 87 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS